Schwin OCC chopper tires

[rickjhmn]

I have heard that the OCC bikes had a special rim of some kind and a regular fat bike tires will not fit/work on the rim. Is this true? If so new rear tires are a problem! Mine are quite weather checked and I will need to replace them. Better to just but a fat bike tire rim and tire? New to this forum and in the process of building a motorized bike for the grandkids.

 

[GW's Motorized]

OCC bikes are expensive to properly motorize. A new rear tire is about 50 bucks and you could probably put a 20 × 4.0 on without trouble.

 

[Wrench]

@DistantWolrld101 mounted a 130/90/16 M/C front tire on his OCC rear rim
The 130/90/16 is a popular V twin cruiser tire and you'll have no problem finding a free used tire from a M/C shop

That's one tire you'll never have to replace again

 

[michael whiteman]

Say Wrench, shouldn't one of those tire numbers you mentioned above reflect the 20 inch rim diameter?
I too will be coming up to this dicision fairly soon on my build. There are 20x4.5 tires on Amazon. Was also wondering how much heavier a MC tire is. Something to consider.

Just looked it up. 130/90/16 is a 16 inch tire. How do you mount this on a 20 inch rim?

 

[DistantWolrld101]

Say Wrench, shouldn't one of those tire numbers you mentioned above reflect the 20 inch rim diameter?
I too will be coming up to this dicision fairly soon on my build. There are 20x4.5 tires on Amazon. Was also wondering how much heavier a MC tire is. Something to consider.

Dunlop D-402 130/90B-16

here's a side by side comparison and they are both on OCC rims

 

[darwin]

Amazing, by the above pic you'd swear 2 different rim sizes. Look closely the rims do match.

 

[DieselTech]

Yep I put 16" motorcycle tires on my 20x4 ebike wheels.

 

[DieselTech]

Here is 16" motorcycle street tires on my ebike 20×4 wheels.

 

[michael whiteman]

Who would have known? that's why I love this forum. OK Distant World are you running the OCC hub on that monster? What size spokes? I'm trying to figure out my wheel right now.

 

[DistantWolrld101]

Who would have known? that's why I love this forum. OK Distant World are you running the OCC hub on that monster? What size spokes? I'm trying to figure out my wheel right now.

i don't run the hubs adapters they always slipped on me so i always just used the basic rag joint and flipped the sprocket, stock spokes..
if you go-to a M/C wheel you run the PSI based on the RIM aka your OCCs PSI

and does it add some weight Yes

but does it last longer YES YES YES.